CAST & CREW
THE CAST
OMONI OBOLI as Ejiro
Omoni Oboli is a multilingual (fluent in English and French), multi-award winning actress, scriptwriter, director and producer. She is a trained digital filmmaker at the New York Film Academy. She is a gifted Writer, with several intriguing screenplays to her credit: including 'Fatal Imagination', 'Being Mrs Elliott', 'The First Lady' and 'Wives on Strike'. In 2010 she won the award for Best Actress - Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the award for Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival. Omoni was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards. In 2014, Omoni won Big Screen Actress of the Year award, at the 2014 ELOY Awards, for her movie Being Mrs Elliott. In 2015, Omoni was awarded the Sun Nollywood personality of the year. She has also shown, with her movies, 'Being Mrs Elliott', 'The First Lady' and ‘Wives on Strike’, her talent behind the camera as the Director.
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BLOSSOM CHUKWUJEKWU as Terminator
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Blossom Chukwujekwu is Nollywood’s newest quintessential and bankable leading man. One of the Nigeria’s more recent acting discoveries, Blossom Chukwujekwu persistently worked his way up the ranks; from his first ever feature in 2009 till his breakout year in 2013. That year Blossom’s sterling performances first in FLOWER GIRL and then in FINDING MERCY announced the arrival of an actor who had come into his own. Blossom Chukwujekwu now had the attention of the acting world and was profiled as one of five actors to watch out for in 2014. Blossom performance in 2014 Knocking on Heaven's Door[" earned him the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice 2015 Best Supporting Actor award. Blossom's most notable film credits include Flower Girl(2013), Finding Mercy (2013) alongside Rita Dominic, Knocking on Heaven's Door (2014) with Majid Michel, The Visit (2015) with Nse Ikpe-Etim, A Place Called Happy (2015)and Ghana Must Go (2015) with Yvonne Okoro. He has featured in a handful of TV dramas & series, such as Tinsel on MNET, where he played Mr. Akinlolu Hart, MTVBASE's HIV themed Shuga,CATWALQ by Emem Isong and Monalisa Chinda, Greg Odutayo's My Mum and I, About to Wed and Married. Chukwujekwu plays the lead role of Kelechi Pepple in Nigeria’s first indigenous Telenovela; Taste of Love. (2015)
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UFUOMA MCDERMOTT as Ify
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Ufuoma McDermott is an Actress, Content Producer and Director .
She has over a decade of experience in the motion picture industry in Nigeria.
She holds a bachelor's degree in French Language and a Masters degree in Public and International affairs; Later trained in acting at the New York Film academy in Los Angeles, in Directing at the Relativity Media School and in Film making at the Hollywood film institute.
She has acted in over 50 movies. Some notable works are: My Mum and I, Duplicity, Hear Word (Stage), Wives on Strike, This Thing Called Marriage and most recently Okafor's Law.
She has 6 producing credits: A short film, 2 magazine programs in vernacular, 2 in English and a feature film.
Her short Film; Jungle Jewel which speaks and seeks to educate the public on human trafficking, was in 2014 nominated for the Africa Magic viewers choice award.
With numerous awards and nominations, Ufuoma's entrepreneurial pursuits include Brand communications, TV , Film and stage productions.
In 2010, she received her highest honour: a Golden Nymph nomination at the Monte Carlo TV festival in Monaco for her phenomenal portrayal of "Lilian Wright" in "My Mum And I".
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RICHARD MOFE-DAMIJO (RMD) as Mr. Omene
After graduating from the university, Mofe-Damijo took part in a television soap opera in the late 80's called Ripples. Before then, he had a stint with Concord Newspapers and Metro Magazine as a reporter. Out of Bounds was the first film for which he received a writer/producer credit. In 2005 at the maiden edition of the African Movie Academy Awards Mofe-Damijo won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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TOYIN AIMAKHU as Tomi
Toyin Aimakhu is a popular Nollywood actress from Auchi, in Edo State, better known for her roles in Yoruba movies. She began acting in 2003, when Bukky Wright, a Nigerian film actress, visited Ibadan to shoot a movie.[6] Over the years, she has produced, directed and featured in several Nigerian films, such as Alani Baba Labake and Ebimi ni.She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Yoruba film titled Ebimi ni during the 2013 Best of Nollywood Awards alongside Joke Muyiwa, who was nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Yoruba film titled Ayitale.
KEN ERICS as Fox
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In 2002, as a first year student in the University, Erics got his first movie role, in the Chris Ubani directed ‘direct-to-dvd’ movie ‘Holy Prostitiute’, where he played a minor role as a medical doctor, with just three scenes. He went on to graduate from the University and began to attend auditions and bagged a few roles. However, his 2012 portrayal of "Ugo" in the movie "The Illiterate” endeared him to audiences and opened up more opportunities for him in the Nigerian movie industry.
As a writer, Erics first published work “Cell 2” has gained attention and has been used in a number of Nigerian tertiary institutions for stage productions and academic purposes. In 2014, Erics won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the City People Entertainment Award, as well as the Best Lead Actor at the Afrifimo Awards in the United States. In 2015, he went on to win the Best Lead Actor award at the City People Entertainment Award.
GABRIEL AFOLAYAN as Baptist
Gabriel studied Theater Arts at University of Ibadan. He is part of the renowned Afolayan entertainment family that comprises Ade Love, Kunle Afolayan and Aremu Afolayan. As an actor, he won the Best Supporting Actor award for playing "Tavier Jambari" in Hoodrush (2012). As a musician, he is known mostly for "Awelewa" and "Kokoro Ife". In an interview with The Punch, he described his musical genre as "Love ballad". Afolayan's acting debut was in Fopawon by Baba Sala. In an interview with Nigerian Tribune, he stated that his music career started in 1997, while he was part of a group in Ibadan. He also stated that he has always been part of the choir. He has cited 2face, Banky W., Aá¹£a and Bez as influences.
THE FILMMAKERS
OMONI OBOLI
Producer/Director
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Omoni Oboli is a multilingual (fluent in English and French), multi-award winning actress, scriptwriter, director and producer. She is a trained digital filmmaker at the New York Film Academy. She is a gifted Writer, with several intriguing screenplays to her credit: including 'Fatal Imagination', 'Being Mrs Elliott', 'The First Lady' and 'Wives on Strike'. In 2010 she won the award for Best Actress - Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the award for Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival. Omoni was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards. In 2014, Omoni won Big Screen Actress of the Year award, at the 2014 ELOY Awards, for her movie Being Mrs Elliott. In 2015, Omoni was awarded the Sun Nollywood personality of the year. She has also shown, with her movies, 'Being Mrs Elliott', 'The First Lady' and ‘Wives on Strike’, her talent behind the camera as the Director.
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YINKA EDWARDS
Cinematographer
He is a multiple award winning director of photography
and one of Africa’s leading cinematographers. He has
been behind the great pictures of movies like The
Figurine, Phone Swap, October 1, 93 Days, Confusion
Na Wa, 76, MTV Shuga and others.
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MIKE ADELEYE
Editor
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Mike-Steve Adeleye is founder of Emes Pictures Ltd, a film production company specialized in post production and visual effects, located in Jos, Nigeria. He is a graduate of the National Film Institute, with specialization in Scripting Producing Directing and the Specialized Arts of motion pictures. After graduation, Mike-Steve launched his career in Jos, where he began his specialization in Directing, Animation, Film Editing, and Visual Effects. That led to over 10 years of professional work experience mostly in Film Editing, Visual Effects and Animation across Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, and Germany, with reputable organizations like the BBC, TVe UK, Heinrich Boel Foundation, Namibia Film Commission, Optimedia/Adforce, Nigeria Film Corporation, Golden Effects Production, Ebony Life Films, to name a few; working on projects like Wetin Dey (2007/2009), The Ties That Bind (3T) (2009/2010), Trawler Girl (2015), Alero's Symphony (2011), Phone Swap (2012), October 1 (2014), Fifty (2015), Ireti (2016), King Invisible (2016), The CEO (2016), Okafor's Law (2016) and his short film Love Hate & Ketchup. His more recent awards and accolades include Best Editor and Best Animator nominations at the AMAA 2015 awards for October 1 and Alternatives to Corporal Punishment, Best Editor nomination at the AMVCA 2015 for October 1. Mike-Steve is currently in development of his action adventure family fantasy live action/cgi hybrid feature film, Karikaso.